Attonito v. La Mirage of Southampton, Inc.

In an action to recover payment for legal services rendered, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Doyle, J.), dated September 1, 1999, which granted the plaintiffs motion for summary judgment dismissing their counterclaims to recover damages for legal malpractice.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

To recover damages for legal malpractice, it must be established that the attorney failed to exercise that degree of care, skill, and diligence commonly possessed and exercised by members of the legal community, that the attorney’s negligence was a…